The 2020–21 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games on Denny Crum Court at the KFC Yum! Center in downtown Louisville, Kentucky as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Mack.

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Cardinals finished the season 13–7, 8–5 to finish in seventh place in ACC play. They lost to Duke in the second round of the ACC tournament. They were listed as an alternate team for the NCAA tournament if a team were unable to participate due to COVID-19 issues. The team declined an invitation to the National Invitation Tournament prior to the NCAA tournament field being announced. When all teams were able to participate in the opening rounds of the NCAA tournament, the Cardinals season ended.

Previous season The Cardinals finished the 2019–20 season with of 24–7, 15–5 to finish in a tie for second place in ACC play. As the No. 3 seed in the ACC tournament, they were scheduled to play Syracuse before the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA tournament was later also canceled due to the pandemic.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Lamarr Kimble 0 G 6'0" 185 Graduate Student Philadelphia, PA Graduated Keith Oddo 1 G 6'2" 180 Graduate Student Roanoke, VA Graduated Darius Perry 2 G 6'2" 195 Junior Marietta, GA Transferred to UCF Grant Williams 4 G 5'11" 165 Junior Crestwood, KY Walk-on Steven Enoch 23 C 6'10" 255 Senior Norwalk, CT Graduated Dwayne Sutton 24 G 6'5" 220 Senior Louisville, KY Graduated Ryan McMahon 30 G 6'0" 185 Senior Sarasota, FL Graduated Jordan Nwora 33 F 6'7" 225 Junior Buffalo, NY Declared for 2020 NBA draft; selected 45th overall by Milwaukee Bucks

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Carlik Jones 1 G 6'1" 185 Graduate Student Cincinnati, OH Radford Charles Minlend 21 G 6'4" 220 Graduate Student Concord, NC San Francisco

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=| ACC tournament

Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References